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Juventus on Renato Veiga, Giuntoli wants two new defenders

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1 year ago

January 20, 2025

“Two is better than one.” With a maccheronic English, a young Stefano Accorsi recited this in a gelato commercial in the ’90s.

Juventus is looking to the Premier League market to gift Thiago Motta at least one defender, if not two. To compensate for Bremer’s injury and the imminent departure of fellow Brazilian Danilo (who is now ready to terminate his contract and then join Napoli). Not to mention the negotiations for Cambiaso with Manchester City.

Benfica and Feyenoord are not giving up on Antonio Silva and David Hancko. While Ronald Araujo and Fikayo Tomori seem to prefer staying at Barcelona and Milan.

Thus, Cristiano Giuntoli is ready to explore alternative options. Like the English central defender Lloyd Kelly from Newcastle, Austrian Kevin Danso from Lens, and Renato Veiga according to CalcioMercato.

The latter arrived last summer at Chelsea, which bought him for 14 million euros from Swiss club Basel. Born in 2003 and trained at Sporting Lisbon, the Portuguese player is contracted until June 2031 with the English club. Where he has so far made 18 appearances this season, scoring 2 goals, providing 1 assist, and receiving 4 yellow cards for a total of 1166 minutes played.

Previously followed by AC Milan, he is capable of playing various roles: central defender, left-back, and midfielder in front of the defense. This versatility could be beneficial for Juventus coach Thiago Motta.

New names on Giuntoli’s list after Veiga ?

As a left-back, another Chelsea player is favored after Renato Veiga : Ben Chilwell (born 1996, former Leicester). A target that excludes Kelly because, per regulations, only one British player can arrive.

Among other alternatives in the Italian market for the central defender role. Juventus is monitoring Diego Coppola from Verona (born 2003), Danish Thomas Kristensen from Udinese (born 2002), and Georgian Saba Goglichidze from Empoli (born 2004), who is already on Milan’s radar.